Indian Electronics and Semiconductor manufacturing industry

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India's Sahasra Semiconductors aims to begin with basic packages that could offset Chinese imports

India's Sahasra Semiconductors aims to begin with basic packages that could offset Chinese imports

In a strategic move to bolster India's semiconductor sector, Sahasra Semiconductors, a nascent player in the chip-making segment, has unveiled plans to commence assembly, testing, marking, and packaging (ATMP) production.

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Government mulls partnerships to make semiconductor chips
Six working groups formed to advise Centre on roadmap for artificial intelligence have submitted report, says Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar

the PPP model would be leveraged to build so-called “GPU clusters”, masses of resource-intensive graphics processors that are used by AI applications. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Six working groups, which had been formed to mull the Indian government’s artificial intelligence (AI) roadmap, have submitted the first edition of their report, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said, adding that the report’s recommendations included public-private partnerships to make semiconductors for AI applications.

In addition to this, the PPP model would be leveraged to build so-called “GPU clusters”, masses of resource-intensive graphics processors that are used by AI applications. These clusters would be made available to Indian start-ups and researchers, Mr. Chandrasekhar said. The text of the report was not immediately published online.

Mr. Chandrasekhar said use cases for AI that the India AI initiative would look at spanned “agriculture, healthcare, education, fintech, security, and governance”.

Mr. Chandrasekhar touted the India Dataset Platform, a planned “collection which will be among the largest and most diverse collections of anonymised datasets for Indian researchers and startups to train their multi-parameter models”. The Minister was referring to learning models that AI technology is ‘trained’ on, or programmed to learn from.

Robotics strategy

Mr. Chandrasekhar also spoke on the draft National Strategy on Robotics, which was circulated for public input in September. “In this new world, for competitiveness, cost-efficiency and computer vision, these are important in manufacturing,” Mr. Chandrasekhar said.

“While robotics is a multidisciplinary technology that has the potential to transform and disrupt a wide range of sectors and industries, its adoption to date has been primarily driven by economic motivations,” the draft strategy says, arguing that robotics technologies used in manufacturing and other areas could have a significant impact by “reaping the benefits of deploying robotics at scale”.

The draft strategy recommends fiscal interventions to facilitate local manufacturing of robotics hardware, building of ‘demonstration facilities’ to test and show off technologies, and building capacity in the robotics sector. Mr. Chandrasekhar said that job losses due to manufacturing automation was an erroneous way of looking at robotics, arguing that quality assessment through computer vision, and efficiency were among the benefits of robotics in the sector.

 

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Nokia's Chennai plant exports 50% of production

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Nokia's Chennai manufacturing facility, which is one of its largest globally, exports 50% of its production. The facility has manufactured seven million telecom units and produces telecom infrastructure equipment for 4G/5G networks. The factory is also increasing the localization of components in 5G equipment manufacturing.

Nokia’s Chennai manufacturing facility exports 50 per cent of the production and has so far manufactured seven million telecom units, the company said in a media statement Thursday.

The 15-year old factory in Chennai is one of Nokia’s largest globally and manufactures telecom infrastructure equipment including for 4G/5G networks for both domestic and global markets.

“Our Chennai factory is a testament to the skill and expertise of Indian talent. From being the first to manufacture 5G NR in India to now producing 5G massive MIMO products and transport network elements, we have come a long way,” said Teemu Toiviainen, head of global manufacturing & EMS management at Nokia said.

In addition to 5G New Radio (5G NR), the factory manufactures 5G massive MIMO products, 4G/LTE radios as well as fiber broadband equipment. Apart from exporting 50% of the production from the Chennai factory, Nokia has also increased the localization of components by up to 2 times compared to previous years in 5G equipment manufacturing.

“We at Nokia strongly believe in sustainability to make the world a better place for future generations. This factory operates with wind and solar energy, contributing up to 81% of green energy consumption until most recently; targeting to be 100 per cent by 2025,” Toiviainen added.

 

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Electronics industry body seeks PLI scheme for non-semicondcutor sectors
Lall said that there is a need for separate PLI scheme for non-semicondcutor components due to large variation in the market for these components.

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Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors (SPECS) seems to be already in place. What might be the difference between this and what ELCINA is asking for?

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1881407

 

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Sometimes I get the feeling about why only in India do we have companies that all collectively jump into a new industry and make a khichdi out of it. This happened in the airline industry and now we have no clear demarcation of business model. The same happened with financial services and auditing companies and later with business consultancy services.

 

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Sometimes I get the feeling about why only in India do we have companies that all collectively jump into a new industry and make a khichdi out of it. This happened in the airline industry and now we have no clear demarcation of business model. The same happened with financial services and auditing companies and later with business consultancy services.

I mean it's not as if there are immense Govt subsidies on offer or anything
Which seem to be attracting only the ITS FREE MONEY GUYS IT'S GONNA BE TOTALLY EZPZ TO SCAM THE GOVT LES GO!!!!! companies and not ones GoI wants to attract like Tower Semi, Intel, Global Foundries or others.

 

[AnantS]

Because in India most businesses are with only one vision - Behati Ganga main haath dhona!

 

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Sometimes I get the feeling about why only in India do we have companies that all collectively jump into a new industry and make a khichdi out of it. This happened in the airline industry and now we have no clear demarcation of business model. The same happened with financial services and auditing companies and later with business consultancy services.

power sector too.

it's not just a India phenomenon, isn't it?

dot come boom, renewable energy, online retail, electric vehicles etc, same thing happened in U.S as well. every one jumped in at the same time.

 

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power sector too.

it's not just an Indian phenomenon, isn't it?

dot com boom, renewable energy, online retail, electric vehicles etc, the same thing happened in the U.S. as well. everyone jumped in at the same time.

Not really. If you see the trend, the US and Europe tend to have corporations that have large niches. For example, GE has propulsion, renewable and electrical; LVMH has consumer luxury; J&J has consumer medical and wellness products.

Expanding from core to non-core area is one thing, but having no core area is a uniquely Indian phenomenon.

India has no niches; TATA is in everything, from salt, and FMCG, to foodstuff and aviation and defence. Mahindra's offshoot investments are way outside of the automotive sector. The same goes for construction conglomerates that run the different airports of the country through holding companies. I understand the need to have a diversified product portfolio, but creating khichdi results in a lack of specialization in anything reduces the founders' willingness to invest and specialize better.

Look at Huawei as an example. Huawei is where it is today because the founders kept focusing on a core area - communication. Their entire product lines are around communication, ranging from 5G/6G communication, wiring and telecom, to enablers like semiconductors, to smartphones and laptops.

India needs specialist corporations that focus wholly on innovation in electronics, semiconductors and other enabling technologies, such as smart materials.

 

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Not really. If you see the trend, the US and Europe tend to have corporations that have large niches. For example, GE has propulsion, renewable and electrical; LVMH has consumer luxury; J&J has consumer medical and wellness products.

Expanding from core to non-core area is one thing, but having no core area is a uniquely Indian phenomenon.

India has no niches; TATA is in everything, from salt, and FMCG, to foodstuff and aviation and defence. Mahindra's offshoot investments are way outside of the automotive sector. The same goes for construction conglomerates that run the different airports of the country through holding companies. I understand the need to have a diversified product portfolio, but creating khichdi results in a lack of specialization in anything reduces the founders' willingness to invest and specialize better.

Look at Huawei as an example. Huawei is where it is today because the founders kept focusing on a core area - communication. Their entire product lines are around communication, ranging from 5G/6G communication, wiring and telecom, to enablers like semiconductors, to smartphones and laptops.

India needs specialist corporations that focus wholly on innovation in electronics, semiconductors and other enabling technologies, such as smart materials.

Look at the diversified businesses of Japanese conglomerates or even those in RoK. Up until recently a global giant like Mitsubishi was producing pens right up to propulsion systems for rockets. If I'm not mistaken Mitsubishi still manufacturers pens, air conditioning equipment, lifts right up to N reactors.And they aren't the exception out there . All top Japanese business houses like Hitachi, Toshiba etc mfg everything from household appliances to cutting edge stuff like N reactors. Tatas are the exception out here along with the Aditya Birla Group but firms like Adani & even Reliance are diversifying into myriad businesses.

 

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Look at the diversified businesses of Japanese conglomerates or even those in RoK. Up until recently a global giant like Mitsubishi was producing pens right up to propulsion systems for rockets. If I'm not mistaken Mitsubishi still manufacturers pens, air conditioning equipment, lifts right up to N reactors.And they aren't the exception out there . All top Japanese business houses like Hitachi, Toshiba etc mfg everything from household appliances to cutting edge stuff like N reactors. Tatas are the exception out here along with the Aditya Birla Group but firms like Adani & even Reliance are diversifying into myriad businesses.

It's always $$$$. Tata had electronic manufacturing company called NELCO. I am not sure how many of you remember. They manufactured TVs and other items. It was closed once not viable. And NELCO was not only one but in the past due to import substitution policy of past we had myriad of electronic goods companies like texla, uptron, salonia, oscar, onida etc They all manufactured TVs and other assorted items. They all closed one by one once cheap stuff from china from brands like tcl etc flooded Indian market. Govt did not have money too nore foresight otherwise they could have some roadmap where they could support these industries in drawing roadmap for future and helping them monetarily. Tata jumping into semiconductor foray is precisely because govt giving $$$. The govt PLI support is measely compared to what China gave in incentives IIRC around 180 bn $ (i remember that figure in one documentary I saw). India will need to pump lot more and even that wont gaurantee in current geo political situation that you would get required companies. Parallely you would need to up your research. Just like in defence thesemachines and investment shall be offered once your own development shows profits.

 

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Not really. If you see the trend, the US and Europe tend to have corporations that have large niches. For example, GE has propulsion, renewable and electrical; LVMH has consumer luxury; J&J has consumer medical and wellness products.

Expanding from core to non-core area is one thing, but having no core area is a uniquely Indian phenomenon.

India has no niches; TATA is in everything, from salt, and FMCG, to foodstuff and aviation and defence. Mahindra's offshoot investments are way outside of the automotive sector. The same goes for construction conglomerates that run the different airports of the country through holding companies. I understand the need to have a diversified product portfolio, but creating khichdi results in a lack of specialization in anything reduces the founders' willingness to invest and specialize better.

Look at Huawei as an example. Huawei is where it is today because the founders kept focusing on a core area - communication. Their entire product lines are around communication, ranging from 5G/6G communication, wiring and telecom, to enablers like semiconductors, to smartphones and laptops.

India needs specialist corporations that focus wholly on innovation in electronics, semiconductors and other enabling technologies, such as smart materials.

If the bench mark is other sovereign market systems, India will always look different. simply because ours is not a comparable economic model, India's market trajectory and fundamentals are different.

coming to specialist corporations, sure it's ideal like how Ispat, kalyani, l&T, shapoorji pallonji operates. and there are many such group companies which are specialise in specific product categories.

but it is not difficult to see why it hasn't happened in electronics space. electronics manufacturing that has opened up now in the country is not bottom up demand driven. business houses were pretty happy importing from china, up until GoI started emphasising on economy& supply chains being part of national security.

if such a electronics specialist company is supposed to be created, we can only hope it got created in last 10 years, because of domestic electronic manufacturing opportunity that is available in the country right now.

 

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"I have asked them to bring the fab of Tensor to India in three years. In the coming days, they should start manufacturing Tensor in an Indian fab," Vaishnaw told reporters on the sidelines of the Google for India event.


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Google should bring Tensor chip plant in India in three years: Vaishnaw

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has urged Google to start manufacturing its Tensor chipset in India within three years. The minister also suggested that Google bring its premium Pixel Fold devices to India as soon as possible. The Tensor G3 chipset includes the latest generation of CPUs...

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Israel chip maker Tower makes second bid to enter India with fab unit

https://indianexpress.com/article/business/israel-chip-maker-tower-makes-second-bid-to-enter-india-with-fab-unit-8992999/

 

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India’s Big Loss 😮😮 #semiconductor #business #startup

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